Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Listen to this article https://charlottejewishnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Film-Festival-Blog.mp3 By Michelle Rusgo, LJCC Director of Art and Culture CJN January 2024 The Charlotte Jewish Film Festival (CJFF) has been a platform for celebrating and promoting Jewish culture through…

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn By Jessica Goldfarb, JFGC Communications Specialist January 28 marks the beginning of an exciting week of events as the Jewish Federation of Charlotte (JFGC) proudly presents “Federation Super Week.” This week showcases the best…

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn By Deborah Danan (JTA) December 18, 2023 — Birthright Israel on Tuesday announced that it would resume its free, 10-day educational trips to Israel in January after suspending them amid the ongoing war with…

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn By Julie Loftis, JFS Marketing Specialist Live Laugh Give co-chairs, Adina Loewensteiner and Blair Goldsmith, are excited to announce the honorees for Live Laugh Give 2024. “This year we are thrilled to recognize Barbara…

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn By Andrew Lapin (JTA), December 6, 2024 Norman Lear, the Jewish TV pioneer behind iconic comedies of the 1970s and 1980s that helped bring social commentary and Black characters into the mainstream, has died…

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn By Shira Firestone On November 14, 2023, the Jewish Federation of Greater Charlotte (JFGC) made a significant impact at the March for Israel on the National Mall in Washington D.C. Playing a pivotal role…

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn By Ken Garfield With love and admiration, Temple Israel honors Sandra and Leon Levine, whose generosity embodies the true meaning of l’dor v’dor: for all generations, forever. Sandra is humbled to accept this year’s…

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn By Ben Harris (JTA) November 29, 2023 — Henry Kissinger, the first Jewish secretary of state and the controversial mastermind of American foreign policy in the 1970s — orchestrating the U.S. opening to China,…

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn By Mary Eshet Auschwitz was the largest center of human extermination in the history of mankind. As record numbers of visitors explore this historic site in Poland today, a new opportunity has emerged to…

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn By Gabe Friedman This is a developing story. (JTA) November 24, 2023 — Hamas released 13 Israeli hostages into Egypt on Friday, a sign that the four-day ceasefire brokered between Israel and the terror…